Maui-Haleakala Locavore Potluc

09/25/2018 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM HT

Category

Potluck Mtg.

Admission

  • Free

Location

Haiku Community Center
Paia, HI 96779
United States of America

Summary

Haleakala chapter potlucks feature educational presentations and community announcements by the membership the 4th Tuesday of each month. Haiku Community Center on Hana Hwy. Doors open at 5:30p and the meeting wraps by 8:30p.

Description

HFUU Haleakalā Chapter - September 2018 Newsletter
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We're All About the Food!
Tuesday, Sept. 25th, 2018
*** Haleakalā Chapter's 97th Consecutive Meeting***
HAIKU COMMUNITY CENTER
Doors Open 5:30 PM • Opening Circle 6:00 PM
 

Aloha Kākou,

The HFUU State Convention is coming up fast: October 26, 27 & 28 at Oko‘a Farms right up here in Kula. There will be numerous excellent presentations as well as breakfast, lunch, dinner and films both Friday and Saturday evenings. If you haven’t already registered I urge you to do so now and get the early bird rate:

The cost includes full access to all events and your choice of some or all meals. This will be a great opportunity to network with fellow HFUU members from across the State.

Our next chapter meeting is this Tuesday, September 25th at the Hã‘iku Community Center. Doors open at 5:30. We will be starting promptly at 6pm.

Our guest chefs this month are Jason Murthi and Harpreet Purewai of the Satrang North and South Indian Food Truck in Ha‘iku Marketplace. They will be making two entree´s for your dining pleasure.

I will have a couple of big announcements this month, one of which relates to recent movement on the Hukilike No Maui proposal for 5,000 acres of the fallow A& B sugar lands.

Dale Bonar Ph.D, former Executive Director of the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust and now a consulting partner at Solid Ground Consulting, will present options for the establishment of a permanent land trust on some of the A&B lands. We are looking at something that would incorporate a sustainable ag park, housing for farmers and farm workers, and affordable housing for the general public.

To cap off the evening, our own beloved Harriet Witt (passengerplanet.com) will be presenting “How to Think Like a Plant”.

Once again, we will be interspersing our unraffle throughout the evening in order to allow everybody a chance to participate more fully.

Here’s the full agenda:

  • 6:00p: Blessing & Dinner
  • 6:00p-6:30p: sign-up for open mic (10 people, 1 min max)
  • 6:45p: Open Mic
  • 7:05p: Unraffle
  • 7:10p: President’s Update
  • 7:20p: Unraffle
  • 7:25p: Dale Bonar: Land Trusts in Hawai‘i
  • 7:55p: Unraffle
  • 8:00p: Harriet Witt: “How to Think Like a Plant”
  • 8:15p: Pau & Cleanup

Please remember to bring your potluck dish. Entrée’s are encouraged.

Big things are afoot and you won’t want to miss this month’s meeting. I hope to see you all there.
 
It Takes A Village to Grow a Farmer!
Interested in the FAM program? Save the date of the introductory event: Am I Ready to be a Farmer, October 4th 2018, 5:30-8:30 Class Act Restaurant, Paina Bldg. UH-Maui College. For more information contact FAM Program Director, Phyllis Robinson, pfierrorob@aol.com.
 
The 808 Earthship Mural Project

Hoaloha Farms and Winsome Williams of 808 Earthships have teamed up with local artists to create a community mural project that takes a deep dive into our sustainable future. The 40 foot mural will enhance the entrance of the farm, leading to their zero-wasted educational facility.
See their croudfunding campaign on Projects For Good.
 
Mãhalo Nui Loa,









John Dobovan

Haleakalã Chapter President
 
As always, this meeting is a locavore potluck, and we appreciate you bringing enough food for yourself and some to share, or making a generous contribution so your chapter can continue populating the amazing food table we are known for.

We want you to bring your farm fresh goodies, cuttings and seeds to swap at the produce swap table, the more we all bring, the more abundance there will be at our meetings, and the better our personal inventories of plant cultivars on our farms will be as well.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Look for the suggestion box by the door when you enter the meeting and let us know what you'd like to see happening at our meetings. Please think about topics you'd like to explore in breakout sessions at future meetings, write them down and let us know.

Mahalo to all of you for supporting this organization. We are the change we are waiting for. Let’s keep working together to make Maui the agriculture paradise it will be.
 

Locavore Potluck: Empower this meeting with your special creative and nourishing dish (for 8 or more). Those who come without a dish will be asked for a suggested donation: $10: Members • $12: Non-Members

RSVP to This Potluck & Invite Your Friends: If you use Facebook, click here if you plan on attending and invite your friends!

BYOU: Please bring your own plate, cup, fork, and napkins. $2 for recyclable utensils/plates if you don’t bring your own. This is a trash-free event!

Produce and Seed Swap Table: Please bring produce for the ‘Produce Swap’ table. Farm Fresh Produce for swap and for those in need is a tradition at Farmers Union meetings. Please help to make our table overflow. See Swap Table changes above.

Clean Up Crew: We need volunteers for table & chair duty, sweeping, mopping, kitchen, and the other clean-up duties that make these meetings possible! Volunteers will receive benefits for helping.

Member Sign-up and Renewal: Please come early if you want to sign up as a member. Become a member at the meeting and dinner is on us.

$50 Individual • $100 Ohana
Cash, Check, Credit Card (Visa, MC, Disc, Amex), PayPal accepted.
 
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